On the second day of summer camp, about two dozen students fill the pews in the sanctuary of Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, the oldest African-American church in the West Grove, awaiting the ...
The sign on the Art Deco marquee at the ACE Theater, a long-closed landmark in historically Black West Coconut Grove, is seen in 2016 before the letters were taken down for a planned restoration. The ...
A swath of Miami’s oldest neighborhood has been formally designated “Little Bahamas of Coconut Grove,” a recognition of the historically Black enclave settled by Bahamians in the 19th century even ...
From Seminole War battleground to Bahamian pioneer outpost to groovy hippie haven, Coconut Grove has had several incarnations. Originally spelled Cocoanut Grove — its residents decided to drop the “a” ...
A new podcast titled ‘The Rich and Forgotten History of Black Coconut Grove’ tells stories about the Black Bahamians who helped make the villa and the surrounding Coconut Grove community what it is ...
The marquee at the Ace Theater in Coconut Grove, shortly after the theater was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016. José A. Iglesias Herald file Coconut Grove’s Ace Theater, ...
MIAMI (AP) — Amari Cooper’s football jersey hangs in the Coconut Grove Sports Hall of Fame. So does Frank Gore’s, alongside tributes to Negro League baseball player Jim Colzie and football coach Traz ...
Long before CocoWalk and Monty’s, Coconut Grove was a popular destination for Miamians in search of entertainment. Decades ago, that entertainment came in the form of families coming to the Grove to ...
When the exhibition “Place and Purpose: Art Transformation in Coconut Grove” opened at the Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum FIU, the organizers knew they wanted a musical aspect to the art show.
Sepia and colored photos of Thelma Gibson’s family line the walls inside her flamingo pink home on Franklin Avenue in Coconut ...